ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries C&RL News ■ A p ril 1 9 9 8 / 2 4 1 N e w s f r o m t h e F i e l d Mary Ellen Davis Stanford, UC-Berkeley, and UT-Austin form Latin Am erican cooperative Stanford University, the University o f Cali­ fornia-Berkeley, and the University o f Texas at Austin have signed an initiative and agree­ ment to foster regional cooperation in the areas o f co llectio n s, services, and digital projects focusing on Latin America. The new Research Library Cooperative Program “will produce results o f consequence because o f the similar intensities o f programs in the libraries o f Berkeley, Stanford, and Texas-Austin and because of our commitment in comm on to build a deeper, richer co llec­ tion parsed among the three institutions than any one o f the three could build alon e,” said M ichael A. Keller, university librarian at Stanford. The first step will be the allocation o f co l­ lection responsibilities for Mexico in particular and Latin America in general, with each institution assuming responsibility for a specific geographical and/or subject area. The agreement also makes the circulat­ ing collections, and som e special co llec­ tion m aterials, o f all three institutions available to faculty, graduate students, and academic staff through an expedited docu­ ment delivery program and onsite visits. Among the interesting facets o f the ag reem en t is that it has p erfo rm an ce specifications, an explicit commitment to bringing in institutional partners from Latin America not just for cooperative co llec­ tion building and access but for digitiza­ tion and electronic publishing programs. The statement o f principles o f the new cooperative are available on the Web at http://w w w -sul.stanford.edu/geninfo/ cooperative.htm l. S ta n fo rd lib ra rie s in o p e ra tio n a fte r flo o d In early February, a raging storm flooded vents, spilled down stairwells, and broke through doors and walls at Stanford Uni­ versity, filling basem ents with up to four feet o f mud and water. In one day 3-7 inches o f water fell on the main part o f cam ­ pus. “Our storm drains were not designed to get 3-7 inches in 24 hours,” said Margaret Laporte, manager o f water resources in Fa­ cilities Operations. More than 120,000 books were moved out o f the basem ent o f Green Library and 4,000 boxes o f materials were trucked to a cold- storage facility in Union City and frozen b e ­ fore mildew could set in. Estimates are that 7 0 ,0 0 0 -8 0 ,0 0 0 books were damaged, from drenched to just minimally damaged. Each w eek 6 ,0 0 0 -8 ,0 0 0 books will be moved from the U.S. Cold Storage facility in Union City to Docum ent Reprocessors in Burlingame, California, w here they will be dried. It takes about ten days to diy out 8,000 books and the entire process, which was scheduled to begin in late March, is expected to take four to five months to complete. photo credit: Linda Cicero L ib r a r y s t a f f a n d s tu d e n t v o lu n te e r s m o v e d 120,000 b o o ks o u t o f th e flo o d e d b a s e m e n t o f S ta n fo rd U n ive rsity's G reen Library. http://www-sul.stanford.edu/geninfo/ 242 / C&RL News ■ April 1998 Directory of ACRL accreditation advisors ACRE, through its Standards and Accreditation Committee, maintains a list o f accreditation advisors who make themselves available to assist libraries and librarians preparing for accredi­ tation. The resource people on this list are self-selected and have volunteered to assist with preparation of documentation for accreditation reports or to assist with accreditation team visits. The criterion for inclusion on this list is that the advisor must have served on at least three regional accrediting association teams and/or must have experience in accreditation by profes­ sional associations. The list o f accreditation advisors is arranged by regional accrediting associa­ tion; the size of institutions that they have visited is indicated. Libraries seeking assistance may contact these advisors to determine whether an association will be mutually beneficial. Middle States William L. Beck Dean of Library7 Services California University of Pennsylvania 250 University Avenue California, PA 15419-1394 Voice: 412-938-4096; Fax: 412-938-5901 E-mail: beck@cup.edu Institutions visited: Comprehensive, four-year college Stanton F. Biddle Administrative Services Librarian Baruch College City University New York 17 Lexington Avenue-Box H-0520 New York, NY 10010 Voice: 212-802-2387; Fax: 212-802-2393 E-mail: sfbbb@cunyvm.cuny.edu Institutions visited: Comprehensive Size o f institutions visited: 5,000-10,000 FTE Katherine Branch Library Director Anne Arundel Community College 101 College Parkway Arnold, MD 21012 Voice: 410-541-2213; Fax: 410-541-2652 E-mail: kabranch@mail.aacc.cc.md.vs Institutions visited: Community college (two-year) Terrence F. Meeh Vice President for Information and Instructional Technologies and Director of the Library King’s College Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711 Voice: 717-826-5943; Fax: 717-825-9049 E-mail: tfmech@rs01.kings.edu Institutions visited: Comprehensive, four- year college Size o f institutions visited: 1,000-5,000 FTE Lynn S. Mullins Director John Cotton Library/Rutgers University 185 University Avenue Newark, NJ 07102 Voice: 973-353-5222; Fax: 973-353-5257 E-mail: lmullins@andromeda.rutgers.edu Institutions visited: Doctoral granting, comprehensive, four-year college Size o f institutions visited: 1,000-5000 FTE, 5,000-10,000 FTE, 10,000-20,000 FTE, 20,000+ FTE (continued on next page) University Librarian Michael Keller begged “the patience of Stanford faculty and students during the next four to six months as we start a phased reshelving o f books that have withstood the rehabilitation processes.” He pledged that, “Books that are irretrievably damaged will be reordered, even in cases of books long out o f print and from distant cul­ tures. We do not have an estimate o f the number of irretrievably damaged books, but presume it to be much less than 50 percent of the volumes removed.” Joan Krasner Leighton, head o f access services in Green Library, is confident that there will be no long-term negative impact on the libraries’ services. “Given the speed the books were removed, we hope very few are damaged,” she said. She added that the storm had brought out the best in the staff. “I don’t want to sound Pollyannish,” said Leighton, “but w e’re all having to pull to­ gether. We know how important this opera­ tion is to the university. We’re all having to work a little harder, a little faster, and a lot smarter.” The library has limited access to the stacks as they have been “wrapped” to protect col­ lections while construction work is under- mailto:beck@cup.edu mailto:sfbbb@cunyvm.cuny.edu mailto:kabranch@mail.aacc.cc.md.vs kings.edu mailto:lmullins@andromeda.rutgers.edu C&RL News ■ A p ril 1 9 9 8 / 2 4 3 New England M ickey Zem on Director Emerson College Library 150 Beacon St. Boston, MA 02116 Voice: 617-824-8670; Fax: 617-824-7817 E-mail: ecl_maz@flo.org Institutions visited: Comprehensive, four-year college Size o f institutions visited: under 1,000 FTE, 1,000-5,000 FTE North Central P a tr ic ia A. Vint Director Instruction Center Madonna University 36600 School Craft Livonia, MI 48150 Voice: 313-432-5595; Fax: 313-432-5463 E-mail: vint@smtp.munit.edu Institutions visited: Four-year college Size o f institutions visited: 5,000-10,000 FTE Southern Wendell B a rb o u r Vice President, Information Resources California State University, Bakersfield 9001 Stockdale Highway Bakersfield, CA 93311-1099 Voice: 805-664-3496; Fax: 805-665-6920 F-mai1: wbarbour@csubak.edu Institutions visited: Doctoral granting, com­ prehensive, four-year college Size o f institutions visited: under 1,000 FTE, 1,000-5,000 FTE, 5,000-10,000 FTE William N. N elson Library Director Augusta State University 2500 Walton Way Augusta, GA 30904-2200 Voice: 706-737-1745; Fax: 706-667-4415 F-mail: wnelson@aug.edu Institutions visited: Comprehensive, four-year college Size o f institutions visited: 1,000-5,000 FTE Luella Bosnian Teuton Director Learning Resources Katherine L. Boyd Library Sandhills Community College 2200 Airport Road Pinehurst, NC 28374 Voice: 910-695-3820 Fax: 910-692-2756 E-mail: luellat@sanpiper.sandhills.cc.nc.us Institutions visited: Technical (two-year), community college (two-year) Size o f institutions visited: 1,000-5,000 FTE Western Sharon L. Smith Reference Librarian Portland Community College P.O. Box 19000 Portland, OR 97280-0990 Voice: 503-978-5433 Fax: 503-978-5318 E-mail: sismith@pcc.edu Institutions visited: Technical college (two- year), community college (two-year) Size o f institutions visited: 1,000-5,000 FTE, 5,000-10,000 FTE way and to keep humidity levels down. Books are being paged from the basement area, and as the contractors com plete their work and the temporary dehumidification chambers are removed, book retrieval times and frequency will be increased. Most affected areas o f the libraries re­ opened on March 9. The basement o f Green Library is expected to reopen to readers in early May. Univ. o f M a ry la n d c o n tra c ts fo r se c u rity s tu d y The University o f Maryland College Park Li­ braries has contracted with George P. Morse & Associates, an experienced Loss Preven­ tion Management consulting firm, to conduct an organizational security study. The study, done in cooperation with the Association of Research Libraries (ARE), will involve many libraries’ systems m anagers and staff and other University o f Maryland organizations, such as the University o f Maryland Police Department. The review will address secu­ rity in its broadest senses, including man­ agement issues such as appropriate organi­ zation, operational responsibilities, policies and procedures, threat analysis capabilities, evaluation, and program development. It will also include systems and procedures for per­ sonnel and property protection, inventory protection and control, behavior control, ac­ cess control, electronic monitoring, computer security, and fire protection and safety. In an n o u n cin g the study, C harles B. Lowry, dean of libraries, noted that “it is not mailto:ecl_maz@flo.org mailto:vint@smtp.munit.edu mailto:wbarbour@csubak.edu mailto:wnelson@aug.edu mailto:luellat@sanpiper.sandhills.cc.nc.us pcc.edu 244 / C&RL. News ■ April 1998 Global reach to Northern Ireland libraries Heeding ALA President Barbara Ford’s call to “Go global!” (C&RL News, Feb. 1998, p.7 8 -7 9 ), 13 U.S. academic librarians em­ barked on a ten-day travel/study tour of Northern Ireland, January 25-February 4. Invited by the British Council to meet col­ leagues, share professional knowledge, and see Northern Ireland’s cultural and scenic treasures, the librarians and one archivist visited 17 academic, special, and public li­ braries, archives, and museums. A ca d e m ic in stitu tio n s v isite d w ere Q u eens University (Belfast and Armagh cam puses), St. Maiy’s College, and Univer­ sity o f Ulster (Magee and Coleraine cam­ puses). Tour participants, w hose library re­ sponsibilities ranged from director, AUL for public services, special collections librar­ ian, acquisitions librarian, catalog librarian, etc., w ere greatly im pressed by the re­ sources o f the libraries, as well as the re­ sourcefulness o f their colleagues. Some li­ braries hold magnificent collections o f rare books and periodicals, most offer exten­ sive local history collections, and some hold special collections concerning “the troubles” o f partisan politics. Since 1968 the 200-year-old subscription Linen Hall Library has collected over 80,000 items from all sides o f the political, reli­ gious conflict. A joint effort o f Linen Hall, Queens, and Ulster is the creation o f C o n ­ f l i c t A rch iv es o n th e In tern et (CAIN): a mul­ timedia graphical d atabase o f pam phlets, new sletters, b ro ad sh eets, ep h em era, and o th er d ocum ents a c ce ssib le by users on th e W o rld W id e W eb ( h t t p :/ / c a i n . ulst.ac.uk/). As Barbara Ford noted would occur, the U.S. librarians’ horizons were broadened, connections were established, and precon­ ceptions were dispelled through this study tour. Last year’s contingent (C&RL News, March 1997, p. 149) had similar experiences. The British Council’s funding for such pro­ grams is being cut, so future study tours are uncertain. If an announcem ent appears again in C&RL News, which is how most of us learned about the opportunity, librar­ ians are urged to apply and see Northern Ireland for themselves. F o r d ’s m o tto “G lo b a l r e a c h , lo c a l to u ch ” is b ein g put into p ractice through particip ants’ lectu res, articles, and slide p resentations in hom e com m unities. For ad d ition al info rm atio n , co n ta ct m e by p h on e at (6 1 9 ) 594-6736 or by e-m ail at m m c p h a i l @ m a i l .s d s u .e d u .— M a r t h a M cP hail, c a ta lo g lib r a r ia n , S an D ieg o State University possible to build a robust and effective secu ­ rity program without thinking about how it integrates with all other library operations. Among the most important elements in such a program has to be that every single mem­ ber of the staff see security as their responsi­ bility. We believe that the systematic ap ­ proach we are developing with Morse Asso­ ciates and ARL will have the staff training and awareness as a key element within the total library security program and that this will be a valuable asset for su ccess.” NCSU L ib ra rie s o p e n s S c h o la rly C o m m u n ic a tio n C e n te r North Carolina State University (NCSU) Li­ braries opened its Scholarly Communication Center in January. Peggy E. Hoon, the librar­ ies’ first scholarly communication librarian, will offer guidance on university policy to NCSU librarians and to faculty, students, and staff on matters relating to the dissemination and use o f published knowledge. She will work in close cooperation with NCSU’s Of­ fice of Legal Affairs. NCSU w in s PR a w ard North Carolina State University Libraries received an Award of Excellence in the 1998 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District III Advancement Awards Com­ petition. Its entiy, “Inaugurating an Architec­ tural Archive,” was honored in the category of Institutional Relations/Media Relations. http://cain ulst.ac.uk/ C&RL News ■ A p ril 1998 / 245 Librarian & faculty/administrator teams needed for ACRL 1999 A very special segment has been planned for the ACRL National Conference in Detroit, April 8 -1 1 ,1 9 9 9 . A conference-within-a-con- ference (CWC) titled “Student Learning in the Information Age” will emphasize the col­ laboration between librarians and faculty in support of student learning. Members o f ACRL are encouraged to cre­ ate institutional teams to attend the CWC. Participating teams will have many opportu­ nities in plenary sessions and small-group workshops to better understand the current needs o f faculty, to model faculty/librarian collaboration, and to establish a dialogue between librarians, faculty, administrators, and others in higher education. Possible teams might be composed of one or more librarians plus faculty, academic of­ ficers, computing personnel, or development officers. The CWC is scheduled for April 8 and 9 (Thursday and Friday), 1999. The open­ ing night moderated panel discussion will include remarks from E. Gordon Gee, presi­ dent of Brown University; Althea Jenkins, executive director of ACRL; Neal Lane, di­ rector of the National Science Foundation; and Lone Roth, director of Academic Services at Cali­ fornia State University, Long Beach. Preregistration is required for the CWC, but an additional registration fee will not be charged for those registering to attend the entire ACRL National Conference. Registra­ tion preference will be given to institutional teams. As total registration for the CWC is limited to 300 participants, those interested are strongly encouraged to begin planning for this event as soon as possible. Watch the ACRL c o n fe r e n c e W eb p age at http-.// www.ala.org/acrl/prendex.html for further information. The entry featured a multimedia public­ ity campaign surrounding the libraries first major acquisition under a collecting initia­ tive in architecture, the Papers and Draw­ ings o f G eorge Matsumoto. The publicity campaign included an exhibition catalog, re­ cep tio n , lecture program , interview with Matsumoto, and a videotape documentary that was shown on the local PBS station. SMU b re a k s g ro u n d f o r n e w lib ra ry e x p a n s io n Southern Methodist Univer­ sity (SMU) broke ground for constru ction that will join and expand SMU’s two prin­ cipal libraries, Fondren Li­ brary and the Science and Engineering Library. This is the first new constru ction project resulting from gifts m a d e to th e u n iv e r s ity through the Campaign for SMU. T h e p ro je ct was m ade possible by a 1997 gift of $1.5 m illion from the Fondren Foundation o f Houston and the new inte­ grated com plex will be named the Fondren Library Center. The com plex will encom pass the two li­ braries as well as the new 7,100 square foot building that will connect the two libraries and serve as the primary entrance. Atop the new building will be the Selecman Tower, named for benefactor Charles E. Selecman o f Florida, grandson o f SMU’s third presi­ http://www.ala.org/acrl/prendex.html 2 4 6 1 C&RL News ■ April 1998 dent. The cupola will provide the two-story entrance to the libraries with natural light dur­ ing the day and be lighted from within at night serving as a beacon to the campus. The new building’s second floor will be comfort­ able and spacious, with study and seminar rooms, and a large reading room overlook­ ing the campus. In d ia n a se le cts EBSCO to o ffe r access to v irtu a l lib ra ry Under a program called INSPIRE (Indi­ ana Spectrum o f Information Resources), any resident with access to the Internet and a Web browser will be able to search any of 13 databases provided by EBSCO. Those da­ tabases include MasterFile FullTEXT 1,500, A cad em ic S e a rch Fu llTE X T, E lite, MAS FullTEXT Premier, Middle Search Plus, Pri­ mary Search, and Business Source Elite. In addition, INSPIRE users will have access to several databases licensed by EBSCO, includ­ ing ERIC, Colliers Encyclopedia, and Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia. EBSCO was selected as the sole vendor by a group o f librarians representing school, public, academ ic, and special librarians. The group wanted a range o f databases to serve their clients with as much full text as pos­ sible. The Indiana Cooperative Library Ser­ vices Authority (INCOLSA) will manage the service. The Indiana State Library will use state funding to provide the databases. Li­ brary Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funds are used for implementation and a grant from the Lilly Foundation provides the Z39.5O license and develops user interface. Jo h n s Hopkins U n ive rsity e sta b lish e s D ig it a l K n o w le d ge C e n te r The Milton S. Eisenhower Library o f the Johns Hopkins University announced the establish­ ment o f a new library department, the Digi­ tal Know ledge Center (DKC) and creation o f new facilities for its operations (including a digital photography studio) as part o f the library’s $4.6 million renovation. The goals of the DKC are: to build critical partnerships with the acad em ic program in the three schools on the Homewood campus; to b e ­ com e a hub at the university for the creation, prototyping, m arketing, distribution, and archiving o f multimedia information and in­ structional resources; to serve as a labora­ tory for em ploying new te ch n o lo g ies in teaching, learning, and the creation o f schol­ arship; to provide leadership and guidance in the adoption and use o f technical and ac­ cess standards for the advancement o f in­ structional computing capabilities and o f dis­ tributed access to information resources; to influence intellectual property policy and management directions at Hopkins; and to serve as a center for copyright permissions and education. DKC projects consist of re­ search and development efforts, online pub­ lishing, and online pedagogy. For more in­ fo rm a tio n a b o u t th e DKC v isit http:// dkc.m se.jhu.edu. D ra ft o f A L A In te lle c tu a l Fre e d o m s ta te m e n t on W eb Comments are invited on the draft o f the 21st Century Intellectual Freedom Statement, “Li­ braries: An American Value,” to be presented to the ALA Council for adoption at the 1999 Midwinter Meeting, can be found at http:// www.ala.org/alaorg/pe/statement.html. This site is linked from a memo from ALA Presi­ dent-Elect Ann K. Symons and the chair o f the 21st Century Intellectual Freedom State­ m ent C om m ittee, Ju n e P in n ell-Step h en s, found at http://w w w .ala.org/alaorg/pe/ statement_memo.html. C o lle g e lib ra ry m a n a g e m e n t v id e o a v a ila b le fro m A C R L “Hot Topics in College Library M anagement” has been published by ACRL’s College Li­ braries Section. Four college librarians are interviewed, with each addressing a key to p ic: M ichael K athm an, C o lleg e o f St. Benedict/St. J o h n ’s U niversity d iscu sses fu nding/ bu dgeting for te c h n o lo g y ; Sue Stroyan, Illinois W esleyan University, dis­ c u s s e s W eb in te g r a tio n ; M ich J e d r e y , Wellesley College, discusses reorganizations, and Susan Campbell, York College, addresses user instruction in the electronic age. The tape, which runs 75 minutes, makes a great way to provide professional developm ent at home. To borrow the tape for a three-w eek pe­ riod, send an ALA-approved interlibrary loan form to the ALA Headquarters Library, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. There is a $3 charge to cover postage. Advanced res­ ervations will be honored by calling (800) dkc.mse.jhu.edu http://www.ala.org/alaorg/pe/statement.html http://www.ala.org/alaorg/pe/ C&RL News ■ A p ril 1 9 9 8 / 2 4 7 5 4 5 - 2 4 3 3 , e x t . 3 2 7 7 o r via e - m a il at larc@ala.org. To purchase the tape ($15.00 for ACRL members; $18.00 for nonm em bers), send a check made payable to ACRL to: ACRL Hot Topics Video, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611-2795. R e s tru c tu rin g A c a d e m ic L ib ra rie s a v a ila b le R estru ctu rin g A c a d e m ic L ibraries: O r g a n iz a ­ t io n a l D ev elo p m en t in the W ake o f T e c h n o ­ l o g i c a l C h a n g e (ACRL P u b l i c a ­ tions in L ib ra ria n - ship no. 4 9 ) is now a v a ila b le fro m ACRL. This v o l­ um e, ed ite d by C h a r le s A. S c h w a r tz , u s e s case studies and general analyses to a d d r e s s th e challenges posed by th e in t e n s e demand for network-to-desktop information resources to support research and teaching. In 19 sep arate essays authors, including David Lew is, H erbert S. W hite, Richard D ougherty, M eredith Butler, David Kohl, William Gosling, Rebecca Martin, Derrie B. Roark, and Peggy Seiden, show how “bound­ ary spanning”— collaborations betw een the library units, the library and computer cen ­ ter, and within the library and the rest o f the university and world— can successfully cope with innovations in information technology. R estru ctu rin g A c a d e m ic L ib r a rie s (ISBN: 0- 8389-3478-1) is available for $23.50 to ACRL members ($28 for nonm em bers) from ALA Order Fulfillment, 155 E. W acker Dr., Chi­ cago, IL 6 0 6 l l ; (800) 545-2433 (press 7); fax 312-836-9958. Rather than being ficationClarithe first institution admitted in five years, Texas Tech Uni­ versity Libraries is one o f three institu­ tions adm itted into the A ssociation o f Research Libraries in the last decade. The editors regret the error. mailto:larc@ala.org